Arthur Lynch (mayor)

Last updated

Arthur Lynch (Mayor), 22nd Mayor of Galway, died 20 November 1507.

Lynch was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway, and was notable as the first of the Mayors of the town to die in office.

He was elected in August 1507 and sworn in the following month.

The circumstances of his death were as follows: accompanied by his bailiffs, Anthony Lynch and William Joyce, he was making his way home from an inn in an intoxicated state when they fell off the town's Great West Bridge and drowned in the Corrib.

It is not known who replaced him as mayor, but Stephen Lynch was Mayor of the term 1508–1509.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tribes of Galway</span> Urban lineages from Galway, Ireland

The Tribes of Galway were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries. They were the families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, Darcy/D’Arcy, Deane, Font, French, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martin, Morris and Skerritt. Of the 14 families, 12 were of Anglo Norman origin, while two—the Darcy and Kirwan families—were Normanised Irish Gaels.

Dominick Dubh Lynch, was the second Mayor of Galway.

Thomas Óge Martyn, Mayor of Galway, fl. 1533-c. 1577.

Thomas Lynch, son of Ambrose Lynch, was elected Mayor of Galway in August 1654, while the town was occupied by British forces in the aftermath of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Following a request by the occupiers, the Lord Deputy issued orders to have the power of holding council removed from the Catholics of Galway. This was implemented in October 1654.

Geoffrey Lynch (Mayor), aka Geffere Lynch, fourth Mayor of Galway, fl. 1488–1489.

Andrew Lynch (Mayor), 14th Mayor of Galway, died 25 March 1523.

Dominick Lynch was mayor of Galway, Ireland.

Christopher Lynch was Mayor of Galway, fl. 1601–1604.

Thomas Bodkin, fl. 1506–1507, was the first member of the Bodkin family to be elected Mayor of Galway. The Bodkins were one of The Tribes of Galway, and a sept of the FitzGerald family. He would be succeeded in office by John Bodkin fitz Richard, Richard Bodkin (1610–1611), and John Bodkin fitz Dominick (1639–1640).

Henry Joyce, Mayor of Galway, 1542–1543.

James Lynch (fitz Ambrose) (fl.1574–1591) was Mayor of Galway from 1590 to 1591.

Robuck Lynch, sixth Mayor of Galway, 1490–91 and 1501–02.

Sir Henry Lynch, 1st Baronet was an Irish baronet, knight, lawyer, and land agent. Lynch was among the first of his family to become a lawyer, and several of his younger sons followed him into this profession, as did, under his influence, Patrick D'Arcy, Richard Martyn, and Geoffrey Browne as well as many of the later generations of the Tribes of Galway.

Stephen Lynch was the 23rd Mayor of Galway, serving from 1507 to 1510.

James Riabhach Darcy was Mayor of Galway in Ireland 1602–1603.

Máire Lynch, Countess of Clanricarde was an Irish noblewoman.

Dominick Lynch fitz John, Mayor of Galway, September 1548–September 1549.

Stephen Lynch fitz Arthur, Mayor of Galway 1546–47.

Arthur Lynch fitz Andrew, Mayor of Galway, 1539–40.

Stephen Lynch fitz James, Mayor of Galway, fl. 1499–1524.

References

Civic offices
Preceded by Mayor of Galway
September 1507 – 20 November 1507		Succeeded by
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.